shrivel
英 [ʃrɪv(ə)l]
美 ['ʃrɪvl]
- vi. 枯萎；皺縮
- vt. 使枯萎；使皺縮；使束手無策
助記提示
1. shrivel 和 shrink 它們音近形近義近，並且它們似乎都來源於北歐語中音近形近義近的單詞，因此它們很可能具有同源性，或者具有近親關係。
2. 根據音近義通的一般原理和單詞的詞源信息而得出的猜測。
3. 音近義通、音形一體，音決定了形，形決定了音。
中文詞源
shrivel 皺縮，枯萎，幹枯詞源不詳，可能與 shrink 與相聯係。比較 shake,shiver.
英文詞源
- shrivel (v.)
- 1560s (implied in shriveled), of unknown origin, not found in Middle English; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skryvla "to wrinkle, to shrivel"), perhaps ultimately connected with shrimp (n.) and shrink (v.). Related: Shriveled; shriveling.
雙語例句
- 1. Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.
- 把鱗莖種到地裏, 否則會開始幹枯的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The leaves started to shrivel up.
- 葉子開始枯萎。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Then their seed ripens, and soon they turn brown and shrivel up.
- 隨後,它們的種子熟了, 不久就變枯萎.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The tetrads eventually shrivel or are resorbed.
- 這種四分體最終萎縮或被再吸收.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The penis is the first to shrivel when it's cold.
- 天氣冷時,首先收縮的是它.
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